Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Music for Walking

Now there are a few obvious ones, "500 miles" by the Proclaimers, "the Hardest Walk" J&MC, "I walk the line" by Johnny Cash, but these are not necessarily the right tunes to drive you on after walking 50 miles, knowing the hardest 20 are still to come. What songs would you suggest that have that "Eye of the Tiger" thing that will help us to keep going? We could build the ultimate Spa2Summit playlist!

I nominate "Knights of Cydonia" by Muse (or maybe "Eye of the Tiger"..?)

If there are sufficient nominations maybe we could have a poll to nominate the official Spa2Summit song, which we could then record as a charity record!

8 comments:

  1. Ooh I'm glad you've started this thread, it's something that's been on my mind for some time. The songs below are less motivational, more amusingly named songs that fit our task. Here we go…
    Super Trouper – Abba
    Walk This Way – Aerosmith
    Body Movin' – Beastie Boys
    Get Up Stand Up – Bob Marley
    Walking Wounded – Everything But The Girl
    Ready For The Floor – Hot Chip
    Travelling Without Moving – Jamiroquai
    Shoot The Runner – Kasabian
    Ramble On – Led Zeppelin
    Where Is My Mind? – Pixies
    Wandering Star – Portishead
    Road Trippin' – Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Everybody Hurts – REM
    Every Day Is A Winding Road – Sheryl Crow
    We Walk – The Ting Tings

    and finally for now…
    Pen Y Lane – The Beatles … sorry! ;)

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  2. On the Road Again/Canned Heat
    I Can Hear the Grass Grow/The Move
    Love the One You're With/ Stephen Stills
    Ramblin' Man/Allman Bros
    In a Big Country/Big Country
    Hit The Road Jack/Ray Charles
    Down the Road/ Plain White Ts
    It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)/REM
    Wake Me Up When September Ends/Green Day

    Bev xx

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  3. Just saw this article:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/mar/12/best-music-for-running

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  4. Why don't you exclusively listen to tracks by Dragonforce? That way you'll be there in under 2 hours.

    If not, then how about:

    Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

    Duelling Banjos - Deliverance OST (for the Forest of Dean leg)

    Stranger in a Strange Land - Iron Maiden (also for the Forest of Dean leg)

    When will I have a Banana again? - Harry Roy and his Big Band

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  5. Excellent... I can post these before Pete gets on and puts us all to shame with his musical knowledge -

    Tired - Adele
    The Road Home - Amy MacDonald
    For My Father - Andy McKee
    If I fall - Aqualung
    Take me Home - Aqualung
    Best Not To Think About It - Athlete
    Walking out of Stride - Badly Drawn Boy
    No Distance left to Run - Blur
    Fix you - Coldplay
    We're Not Right - David Gray
    I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death cab..
    Don't Come Home Too Soon - Del Amitri
    One Night Away - Delays
    Pounding - Doves (also my 'real' choice!!)
    Mercy - Duffy
    Blood/Fall - Editors
    Away from here/ Had Enough - Enemy
    One Step too far - Faithless
    Hitchin a Ride/Basketcase - Greenday
    Bubble Toes - Jack Johnson
    Get on the Good Foot - James Brown
    In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning - Various
    If it Kills me - Jason Mraz
    Stumbling through the Dark - Jayhawks
    Throw me a Rope - KT Tunstall
    Lets Call the Whole Thing Off - Louis Armstrong
    Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? - Moby
    Don't stop me now - Queen
    Up all Night - Razorlight
    Keep on Walking - Scouting for Girls
    Overkill - Colin Hay
    Nice to be Out - Stereophonics
    Just Travelling Through - Thrills
    Achilles Heel - Toploader
    Numb - Linkin Park
    Pain Killer - Turrin Brakes
    Gotta Keep Movin' - Willy Mason
    Pressure Point - Zutons!

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  6. Dr Sub nominates:

    These Boots Are Made For Walkin' by Nancy Sinatra

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  7. Dr Sub nominates:

    These Boots Are Made For Walkin' by Nancy Sinatra

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  8. J S Bach's Mass in B Minor by the choir of St Martin's in the Fields.
    "Libiamo" from La Traviata by G. Verdi.
    "Seven Drunken Nights" by the Dubliners.

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